FF X-2, is it good for the series or not?

Accordint to an interview with FFX and X-2 producer Kitase....

....Kitase mentioned that producing FF X-2 was a lot of fun and allowed the team the freedom to do what wanted. He also said that because of FF X-2 they where given the freedom to make the FFVII spin-offs. If FF X-2 was never made then Sqaure would have never made the FFVII spin-offs, instead they would have just focused on a new FF traditional title.

So basically FF X-2 gave the team tha courage to take risks and explore the FF franshise with more ease and Freedom. But without FF X-2 we would have had more traditional FF titles.

Would you consider the development of FF X-2 to be good for the series or not? Please explain.

I think that it was a good thing but not primary for the FFVII spin offs or for the game itself in that matter.

what that was really good is that they have the courage now to experiment with the games and change more for each new game:)

Ah, FF X-2...

This game wasn't as bad as I thought it would be... the only major complaint I would have is what they did to the characters... just look at what they are wearing... its ridiculous. The battle system was good, gotta love how you could kill the last enemy then still have a final chance to Pheonix Down someone who has been killed if you are quick enough.

Paine was the best character, and I liked how it rounded off the FF-X story and they perfect ending rocked. So FF X-2 didn't hurt the series in my view. It is a decent game but isn't as good as the others though... a good effort in the end.

I didnt like FFX2, but if its responsible for the FFVII spin offs I guess its a good thing it got released.Kefkamania05

I thought x-2 was good, and i know i'll like dirge of cerberus.ffsage

yup me too

Dierge of Cerberus reminds me of Devil May Cry/ Gungrave. (the gothic-ness and the camera angle)
Square did a not-that-good job on FullMetal Alchemist. Hopefully Dierge of Cerberus will be different.
sringangel

Dirge of cerebus and Fullmetal Alchemist are done by different teams so it's not really what square can do but what the team can do. Since Kitase is the producer of DOC, then I think it is going to be good since he did good with producing the story in FFX and producing the gameplay in FFX-2. But this time he is attempting to blend great story with great gameplay, it should be intresting to see how it goes and it may also reveal what the new FF game will be like that he is producing for the PS3. Plus, he takes a lot insparation from half life 2, so I think the game will be more like HL 2 and not like Devil May Cry. This is a good thing considering that half life 2 did very well for both the story and gameplay of the game.

Dierge of Cerberus reminds me of Devil May Cry/ Gungrave. (the gothic-ness and the camera angle)
Square did a not-that-good job on FullMetal Alchemist. Hopefully Dierge of Cerberus will be different.
sringangel

I thought it was a pretty good game. Even if it didn't keep the turnbased style like all of the other FFs.regular_hulk

what do you mean like the other games

FFIV, FFV, FFVI, FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX wasn't turn based as FFX

yea FFX-2 was a pretty good game. It broke new grounds for Square enix, experimenting with many different things they never tried before. This game also expanded SE's fanbase a little more, which never hurts.